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The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster
Nature & Environment

The struggle to save the seabirds after the Torrey Canyon disaster

...research needed into all aspects of the problem. This should cover the toxicology of oils and detergents, the causes, effects and control of emaciation, stress and relevant acute and chronic diseases; the mechanism of waterproofing and methods of restoring it; nutrition; aspects of behaviour and the general management of the species most frequently oiled. This article was...
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Article 10 mins
What is a virus?
Science, Maths & Technology

What is a virus?

...research. These viruses, known as bacteriophages, do not infect human cells, so they can be used as selective antibiotic agents. Other viruses that selectively infect human cells can be used to deliver therapeutic DNA into patient cells, a technique known as gene therapy. What do we know about the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19? COVID-19 is a disease caused by a...
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Article 20 mins
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...research. Clare Warren states why she thinks Dorothy Hodgkin is one of the most influential women in science: "Not only was Dorothy Hodgkin incredibly clever but she also managed to multi task to a way that most women would never be able to, let alone any men being able to. When she first went to university she was looking after her two younger sisters at the same time so...
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Article 15 mins
Getting started with SPSS
Society, Politics & Law

Getting started with SPSS

...research. However, many people find the idea of using statistics, and especially statistical software packages, extremely daunting. This free course, Getting started with SPSS, takes a step-by-step approach to statistics software through seven interactive activities. No statistics software is needed...Handling statistical data is an essential part of psychological...
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Level 1: Introductory 3 hrs
Children’s rights
Society, Politics & Law

Children’s rights

...Research at Childline; Ann Phoenix Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London. Activity 1 Try to identify for yourself, and note down, the various arguments that Mary McLeod and Ann Phoenix make about children and childhood. The following questions will help you to structure your notes, and to make links with concepts of ‘welfare’,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Understanding children: babies being heard
Education & Development

Understanding children: babies being heard

...research. Jodie Watkins is a part-time recruitment consultant. Her partner is Eamon McLaughlin. They have a 12 month old daughter, Mia. Jodie also has two children from a previous relationship with Graham Adunola, a 30 year old retail manager – Ryan, who is 4 years and 6 months old, and Daisy, who is 10 years and 6 months. The family extends to include Jodie’s retired...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Understanding dyslexia Badge icon
Science, Maths & Technology

Understanding dyslexia

...research findings from different viewpoints. This course shows how research from cognitive, biological and neuropsychological perspectives can be combined to offer a more complete account of conditions like dyslexia. The course therefore presents dyslexia as a ‘case study’ in how different perspectives might be complementary to each other. In the UK, dyslexia is...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...research collaboration from London International Development Centre (entitled Thinking beyond sectors for sustainable Development) contributes to this effort critiquing what progress has been made so far on the MDGs and introducing current debates to help set the post 2015 agenda. Some of the points raised are: on the limitations of focus of previous goals e.g. deciding...
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Article 5 mins